Callie's Revolution

Callie’s Revolution tells the story of a woman from a modest background, whose curiosity and courage lead her to profound revelations about herself. She‘s a rebel, constantly wavering between conscience and desires, but she is ultimately a trailblazer, who follows her heart into the tumultous events that would shape America as a nation.
Rumors of an imminent invasion by Pancho Villa in 1916, sends reporter Callie Masterson to New Mexico. She thrusts herself into the Mexican Revolution, travels with General John Pershing’s army through the rugged Chihuahuan desert, and falls for Casey Wilde, a daredevil pilot in the new US Aero Squadron.
She is determined to live an intense life and claim every inch of her power as a woman in the young Twentieth Century. Her insatiable desire for adventure takes her on an odyssey through the heart of Mexico, where she is seduced by the brand new sensations of an exotic culture, is awakened to her sexuality, and undergoes a stirring encounter with the mystery of the pyramids at Teotihuacan.
An aristocratic young Mexican woman introduces Callie to the gliterati of Mexico City, where she gets a taste of high society and is swept off her feet by a smooth Mexican tango dancer in a cabaret.
A California friend invites her to try her luck in the little village of Hollywood. Callie’s writing abilities land her a job with D.W. Griffith. She befriends Lillian and Dorothy Gish, travels with the troupe to Europe to film in the midst of World War 1, where the three women cavort through the blacked-out streets of Paris under moonlight. Callie takes a dangerous trip to a secret airfield and risks her life for a brief encounter with Casey.
Callie Masterson straddles two different worlds in 1916: her past is Victorian morality, her future, Twentieth Century emancipation. She leaps into her destiny on the fastest horse in Mexico and never looks back..